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Tavernier has said about "Coup de Torchon," "It's about revenge, of course, but it's about something else as well. It's about God and free will, and it has a lot of religious and metaphysical implications, some of which Jean Aurenche and I invented, and some of which are in the book."See more »

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Revealing mistakes: When Marcel is playing billiards, he continues his turn even though he has not scored.See more »

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Rose:They say there are a hundred kinds of deaths. I hope yours will be the worst.See more »

FAQ

Looking at the slew of negative comments that this movie has racked up I
can't help wondering what drew these people to it in the first place. What
drew ME were the names attached to it, Tavernier, one of THE great
contemporary French directors, Phillipe Noiret and Isabelle Huppert, two
all-time GREAT French actors. Okay, everyone has the occasional off day but
when you get to THIS level of writing, acting, directing, even the bad ones
eclipse by a country mile the BEST of such joke talents as Godard and
Tarentino and this particular entry is far from bad if anybody asks you. So
I'm left with the inescapable conclusion that all these whingers must have
wandered into the movie theater thinking they were going to see Gidget Goes
Hawaian or How To Stuff A Wild Bikini in which case it is easy to understand
their misgivings. For the record this is an excellent example of The Biter
Bit aka The Worm Turns and all the ingredients are out of the right bottle
and come together in a heady and satisfying brew. 8/10

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